Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program 2012 Fellowship Applications Due May 15, 2012
The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program announces its 2012-2013 fellowship year. Supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies and directed by Dr. Harold Alan Pincus in collaboration with the American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship Program, this national program provides professionals with a demonstrated commitment to health and aging issues with a remarkable opportunity to understand, experience, and impact policy from the inside. The goal is to create a cadre of leaders across multiple disciplines and career stages to serve as change agents to improve the lives of older adults.
The deadline to apply is May 15, 2012.
The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program announces its 2012-2013 fellowship year. Supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies and directed by Dr. Harold Alan Pincus in collaboration with the American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship Program, this national program provides professionals with a demonstrated commitment to health and aging issues with a remarkable opportunity to understand, experience, and impact policy from the inside. The goal is to create a cadre of leaders across multiple disciplines and career stages to serve as change agents to improve the lives of older adults.
The program offers two different tracks:
- Residential fellows work full-time in a nine-to-12-month placement (in the US Senate or House of Representatives or executive agencies).
- Non-residential fellows remain in their current positions while working on a specific policy project which may involve brief placement(s) throughout the year at relevant sites.
Core program components focused on an extensive orientation and retreats on health, aging and legislative issues and processes, career development, mentorship and professional enrichment are provided for fellows in both tracks.
Previous fellows have been placed in the US Senate Finance Committee; the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP); House Democratic Caucus; offices of individual Senators and Congresspersons; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Administration on Aging; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Office of the HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; Health Resources and Services Administration; Department of Veterans Affairs; US Department of Agriculture; and Department of Transportation - working on a broad array of policy issues including the development and implementation of health care reform legislation.
The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is delighted to announce their partnership with the Healthy Aging Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). For the 2012-2013 fellowship year, the CDC is again sponsoring a non-residential Health and Aging Policy Fellow.
The application deadline for the 2012-2013 fellowship year is May 15, 2012.
For further information, please visit their website at www.healthandagingpolicy.org or contact Dr. Harold Alan Pincus, Director of the program (pincush@nyspi.columbia.edu or 212-543-5401), or Phuong Huynh, Deputy Director (huynhpt@nyspi.columbia.edu or 212-543-6213) directly.
